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Hobbits & Halflings — The small, stubborn folk of the Shire — and the one who broke the Ring.
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Bilbo Baggins
Hobbits & Halflings · The Shire
A respectable Shire hobbit who is swept into the quest of Erebor and becomes the first hobbit to bear the One Ring.
Frodo Baggins
Hobbits & Halflings · The Fellowship
The hobbit of the Shire who carried the One Ring across Middle-earth to Mount Doom and destroyed it.
Samwise Gamgee
Hobbits & Halflings · The Fellowship
Frodo’s loyal gardener and companion, who carried him — and, briefly, the Ring — to the end of the quest.
Meriadoc Brandybuck
Hobbits & Halflings · The Fellowship
A clever Brandybuck who rode to war with Rohan and helped slay the Witch-king at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
Peregrin Took
Hobbits & Halflings · The Fellowship
The youngest hobbit of the Fellowship, who became a knight and guard of Gondor and saved Faramir from Denethor’s pyre.
Gollum
Hobbits & Halflings · Unaffiliated
A Stoor-hobbit ruined by the One Ring, who guides Frodo and Sam toward Mordor and finally destroys the Ring by accident.